The truth about vulnerability or dependency is that’s who we are. And so I try to rally the lovesick and the brokenhearted.*
Adam Kahane

Blessed are the vulnerable
for they shall experience the fullness of life,
Blessed are the dependent
for they shall create communitas,**
Blessed are the lovesick
for they shall become a movement of love,
Blessed are the brokenhearted
for they shall become our healers.

When we seek to be impervious to these,
We deny ourselves – denying or avoiding pain leads to
the evasion of joy, yet embracing these in ourselves
and in others, opens us to as much
devotion and bliss and beauty and awe as
we can humanly cope with –
And we can cope with a lot.

And if stand or sit or be
with the vulnerable and
dependent and
brokenhearted and
lovesick, then …

*Adam Kahane’s Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems;
**Communitas here refers to a group of people who find their bonding and togetherness around a common purpose.